GeoServer

GeoServer is a java basd spatial web server that follows open standards from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and allows organizations to publish their spatial data on the web from various vector and raster formats. It provides the ability for users to view and edit geospatial data and run analytic or other processes on that data. GeoServer provides the heavy lifting for many other Geospatial software platforms including GeoNode. It is very easy to deploy using web application servers like Apache Tomcat and has an administration interface that is easy to learn and provides the ability to manage stores of data and the resources contained in these stores.

Goals/Objectives/Outcomes

• Understand what functionality GeoServer provides for publishing, viewing and editingdata
• Understand how to install and configure GeoServer for production
• Understand how to configure data stores from spatial data files, spatial databases and various raster formats
• Understand how to use the web servcices provided by GeoServer to display data in various mapping frameworks to create a web mapping application
• Understand how to install extensions and plugin modules into GeoServer to provide additional functionality or connect to other sources of data
• Understand how to join the GeoServer community, consult its documentation and report issues or errors appropriately.

Reference Material

• http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/index.html
• http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/gettingstarted/index.html
• http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/tutorials/index.html
• http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/extensions/index.html
• http://workshops.boundlessgeo.com/

Measures of Success

• Participant has successfully deployed geoserver in production and configured data to be served by it
• Participant has consumed GeoServer web services in an external application or has developed a web mapping application using GeoServer web services
• Participant has investigated the range of available GeoServer extensions andinstalled any applicable for their project.
• Participant has begun participating in the GeoServer community and consulted the documentation and other resources available.